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-###############################################################################
- # This file is part of SWIFT.
- # Copyright (c) 2012 Pedro Gonnet (pedro.gonnet@durham.ac.uk),
- #                    Matthieu Schaller (matthieu.schaller@durham.ac.uk)
- # 
- # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
- # by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- # (at your option) any later version.
- # 
- # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- # GNU General Public License for more details.
- # 
- # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- # 
- ##############################################################################
-
-import h5py
-import random
-from numpy import *
-
-# Generates a swift IC file for the Sedov blast test in a periodic cubic box
-
-# Parameters
-periodic= 1      # 1 For periodic box
-boxSize = 10.
-L = 128           # Number of particles boxes along one axis
-rho = 1.          # Density
-P = 1.e-5         # Pressure
-E0= 1.e2          # Energy of the explosion
-pert = 0.025
-gamma = 5./3.     # Gas adiabatic index
-fileName = "perturbedBox.hdf5" 
-
-
-#---------------------------------------------------
-numPart = 4*(L**3) 
-mass = boxSize**3 * rho / numPart
-internalEnergy = P / ((gamma - 1.)*rho)
-off = array( [ [ 0.0 , 0.0 , 0.0 ] , [ 0.0 , 0.5 , 0.5 ] , [ 0.5 , 0.0 , 0.5 ] , [ 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.0 ] ] );
-hbox = boxSize / L
-
-# if L%2 == 0:
-#     print "Number of particles along each dimension must be odd."
-#     exit()
-
-#Generate particles
-coords = zeros((numPart, 3))
-v      = zeros((numPart, 3))
-m      = zeros((numPart, 1))
-h      = zeros((numPart, 1))
-u      = zeros((numPart, 1))
-ids    = zeros((numPart, 1), dtype='L')
-
-for i in range(L):
-    for j in range(L):
-        for k in range(L):
-            x = (i + 0.25) * hbox
-            y = (j + 0.25) * hbox
-            z = (k + 0.25) * hbox
-            for ell in range(4): 
-                index = 4*(i*L*L + j*L + k) + ell
-                coords[index,0] = x + off[ell,0] * hbox
-                coords[index,1] = y + off[ell,1] * hbox
-                coords[index,2] = z + off[ell,2] * hbox
-                v[index,0] = 0.
-                v[index,1] = 0.
-                v[index,2] = 0.
-                m[index] = mass
-                h[index] = 2.251 / 4 * hbox
-                u[index] = internalEnergy
-                ids[index] = index
-                coords[index,0] += random.random() * pert * hbox
-                coords[index,1] += random.random() * pert * hbox
-                coords[index,2] += random.random() * pert * hbox
-
-
-#--------------------------------------------------
-
-#File
-file = h5py.File(fileName, 'w')
-
-# Header
-grp = file.create_group("/Header")
-grp.attrs["BoxSize"] = boxSize
-grp.attrs["NumPart_Total"] =  [numPart, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
-grp.attrs["NumPart_Total_HighWord"] = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
-grp.attrs["NumPart_ThisFile"] = [numPart, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
-grp.attrs["Time"] = 0.0
-grp.attrs["NumFilesPerSnapshot"] = 1
-grp.attrs["MassTable"] = [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
-grp.attrs["Flag_Entropy_ICs"] = 0
-
-#Runtime parameters
-grp = file.create_group("/RuntimePars")
-grp.attrs["PeriodicBoundariesOn"] = periodic
-
-#Particle group
-grp = file.create_group("/PartType0")
-ds = grp.create_dataset('Coordinates', (numPart, 3), 'd')
-ds[()] = coords
-ds = grp.create_dataset('Velocities', (numPart, 3), 'f')
-ds[()] = v
-ds = grp.create_dataset('Masses', (numPart,1), 'f')
-ds[()] = m
-ds = grp.create_dataset('SmoothingLength', (numPart,1), 'f')
-ds[()] = h
-ds = grp.create_dataset('InternalEnergy', (numPart,1), 'f')
-ds[()] = u
-ds = grp.create_dataset('ParticleIDs', (numPart, 1), 'L')
-ds[()] = ids + 1
-
-file.close()